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May 17, 2021 · 7:59 am

Word of the Week: Conscience

It all began in 1811, during the Administration of James Madison when an anonymous donor who said he had defrauded the government and sent the Treasury Department $5.00.

Today, it’s known as Conscience Fund, a place where people with gnawing guilt can make restitution to the United States government for their sins.

In the past 210 years, the Treasury Department has received almost $7 million. Some send letters of explanation. Others don’t

“Please accept this money for two postal stamps I re-used,” wrote one person. Continue reading →

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May 16, 2021 · 5:16 am

Sunday Seed Thoughts: Profession Producing Practice

“The question is not whether we say nice, polite, orthodox, enthusiastic things to or about Jesus; nor whether we hear his words, listening, studying, pondering and memorizing until our minds are stuffed with his teaching: but whether we do what we say and do what we know, in other words, whether the Lordship of Jesus which we profess is one of our life’s major realities.” Continue reading →

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May 15, 2021 · 5:15 am

Weekly Recap: May 9-14

Good morning from Temple Terrace, Florida

Yes, we’re still in TT after a wonderful week attending the Florida College Lectures.

We’re staying to celebrate our granddaughter, Fern’s, birthday, who will turn 4 next week.  Continue reading →

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May 14, 2021 · 5:14 am

Friday’s List To Live By #39

Yesterday, at the Florida College Lectures, Norm Webb, Jr. who’s a gospel preacher as well as a financial advisor with Edward Jones presented an excellent lesson entitled “Rich Toward God: Using Wealth Faithfully for the King.”

His lesson combined the parables of the rich fool and the unrighteous steward. Today’s list, with only some slight modifications, comes from his lecture manuscript where he offered some practical suggestions for money management. Continue reading →

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May 13, 2021 · 7:06 am

Who Is My Neighbor?

“Few parables challenge us more than this simple story, commonly known as the Parable of the Good Samaritan,” opined Dennis Allan in yesterday’s Florida College Lectures.

This parable basis was Jesus’ response to a Jewish religious leader who was testing Jesus and trying to trap him.

“What shall I do to inherit eternal life? he questioned Continue reading →

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May 12, 2021 · 7:24 am

A Passage To Ponder: Luke 15

Last night at the Florida College Lectures, Phillip Shumake, presented a lesson from Luke 15, on probably the most famous of Jesus’ parables. Like Phillip and the Dutch artist Rembrandt, whose masterpiece depicted the return of the Prodigal, we also share fascination with this parable.

These parables were precipitated, as Phillip pointed out, by the Pharisees who criticized Jesus and murmured, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” The insinuation and implication is that Jesus associates with sinners because he is one of them. In other words, “birds of a feather flock together.”

In response to their accusations, Jesus told three parables. The lost sheep. The lost coin. And the lost son. Indeed these parable are like “a three act play” that present a unifying theme. All three were lost. And all three were diligently sought. And when they were found rejoicing ensued. Continue reading →

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May 11, 2021 · 6:35 am

Are We Really Hearing?

Last night we attended the opening session of the Florida College Lectures. The general theme this year is “Never Has a Man Spoken the Way This Man Speaks.” Specifically, it’s dealing with Jesus’ parables.

Edwin Crozier presented the keynote address entitled “How Will You Understand All the Parables? Subtitled “The Parable of the Sower.”
It was masterfully presented in a way that was thought-provoking, challenging, and stimulating. Continue reading →

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May 10, 2021 · 6:43 am

Word of the Week: Hearing

A concerned husband visited a doctor to discuss a problem he believed his wife was experiencing.

“Doc, I think my wife is going deaf. She never hears me the first time I say something.

Well,” said the doctor,  “go home and tonight about 15 from her and say something. If she doesn’t reply, move about 5 feet close and say it again. Keep doing this, so we can determine the severity of her hearing loss.”

That night, he stands bout 15 feet away while she’s in the kitchen chopping up some vegetables, and asks, “Honey, what’s for supper” Continue reading →

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May 9, 2021 · 5:09 am

Sunday Seed Thoughts: Somebody Said

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby…somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, “normal” is history.

Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct…somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.

Somebody said being a mother is boring…somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver’s permit. Continue reading →

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May 8, 2021 · 5:08 am

Weekly Recap: May 2-7

Good Morning from Beverly Hills, Florida

We’re home again after a relaxing trip to the Smoky Mountains and busy, but rewarding 4 days preaching for the brethren at the Beulah Church in Douglasville, GA.  They had the best Sunday attendance post COVID in a year.  So, hopefully, there is some normalcy returning to our assemblies and meetings. Continue reading →

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